DALLAS, Aug. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Amid the proliferation of real time data from sources such as mobile devices, web, social media, sensors, log files and transactional applications, Big Data has found a host of vertical market applications, ranging from fraud detection to R&D.; Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140821/138541 "Big Data Market: 2014 – 2020 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies, Industry Verticals & Forecasts" Key Findings: In 2014 Big Data vendors will pocket nearly $30 Billion from hardware, software and professional services revenues Big Data investments are further expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 17% over the next 6 years, eventually accounting for $76 Billion by the end of 2020 The market is ripe for acquisitions of pure-play Big Data startups, as competition heats up between IT incumbents Nearly every large scale IT ven... (more)

Samsung strikes back against the iPhone 5, Gmail can search inside attachments and more

By RyanKamauff Samsung was NOT happy with the previous ruling, and is looking for some court magic of their own Here’s the top tech news and stories for 2 October 2012. As expected, Samsung has filed a lawsuit alleging that the iPhone 5 has infringed on their patents. Samsung has many LTE patents, and alleges the iPhone 5 infringes upon eight of them. It will be interesting to see how this pans out, considering Samsung is in the hole for $1B to Apple. Via TechCrunch, more here. The production firm AU Optronics has reportedly been tasked to build the iPad Mini screen - the rumored 7.85″ device is set to be unveiled in October and released sometime in November. This is more evidence to support the release of an iPad Mini. Gizmodo also has some “leaked” images of the iPad Mini (here). Via Apple Insider, more here. GigaOM has a great article looking at how the surprise... (more)

Right-Size IT Budgets with Windows Server 2012 "Storage Spaces"

What is the Largest Single Cost Category in Your IT Hardware Budget? If you're like most of the enterprise customer organizations that were surveyed when we were designing Windows Server 2012, your answer is probably the same as theirs: STORAGE! For the organizations we surveyed, we found that as much as 60% of their annual hardware budgets were allocated to expensive hardware SAN solutions due to ever-increasing storage requirements. Wouldn't it be nice to have some of that budget back for other IT projects? YES! We agree too ... that's why the server team included "Storage Spaces" in Windows Server 2012! Get Ready for "Storage Spaces"! "Storage Spaces" is a new storage virtualization technology that's included in Windows Server 2012 and our FREE Hyper-V Server 2012 to provide SAN-like storage capabilities and performance using commodity hardware components, such as ... (more)

Dropbox Now Lets You See Links You’ve Clicked from Other Users

If you are a Dropbox user, you are acutely aware of the number of content links that your friends, family, and coworkers will send you. It can become confusing. Happily,Dropbox has released a new feature today that will track what content you have visited via shared links. Now, you can keep close tabs on just what you have seen, either for proof – I did see that – or simply to help you track what you have seen and resurface the same bits of Internet. Dropbox is a competitor in the cloud storage and file syncing business. It’s opponents, Google Drive, Microsoft’s SkyDrive, Box, and others, compete with it for market share in a growing consumer and enterprise niche. Its success is component to the larger trend towards cloud computing storage. The company is widely tipped to be heading towards a public offering in the next year. Read the full story at The Next Web. ... (more)

Android Hits 1 Billion Activations, Version 4.4 Named ‘KitKat’

The next version of Android will be called Kit Kat, and will feature a first-of-its-kind promotion with the chocolate bar. Google’s Sundar Pichai let the naming news slip in a coy tweet on Tuesday, and Google has posted an official Kit Kat landing page to confirm. Pichai also said there are now more than one billion activated Android devices in the world, an expected but significant milestone. What will Android version 4.4 (that’s why they opt for the cute dessert monikers) contain? Google’s landing page hinted at greater accessibility for the world’s biggest phone operating system. “It’s our goal with Android Kit Kat to make an amazing Android experience available for everybody.” And, in a new twist, the name for the phone upgrade is also a promotional campaign. Branded Kit Kat bars with labels showing an Android robot mascot chomping down on the candy are set to o... (more)

$5.3 Billion Local Search Advertising Market Will Be Led By Companies That Invest In Scalable Technology And More Efficient Business Models

Locally placed search advertising in the U.S. is projected to grow 30 percent over the next five years, from $4.1 billion in 2008 to $5.3 billion in 2013. According to new research by Borrell Associates, this growth will be led primarily by advertising service providers that adopt scalable technology infrastructure and recalibrate their economics to allocate more customer investment to search media spend. According to the report, many online advertising resellers and affiliates, who service local businesses, churn half their customers within a year’s time, and some lose as many as 90 percent. This often is due to missed expectations and a lack of return on investment for local-business customers. Critical points for local advertising success include correctly pricing advertising products for local businesses, and devoting a greater percent of that investment to med... (more)

Patent for Personalized Search Recommendations On The Block at The ICAP Ocean Tomo Live IP Auction on July 23rd in Chicago

ICAP Ocean Tomo – a division of ICAP (IAP.L), the world’s premier interdealer broker – today announced it will offer for sale one of inventor Elliot Gottfurcht’s patents on July 23rd in Chicago at The ICAP Ocean Tomo Summer IP Markets 2009 Auction & Conference. Elliot Gottfurcht’s company, EMG Technology LLC, made news when it filed suit late last year against Apple. The suit currently claims that the iPhone’s mobile web surfing technology infringes two of Gottfurcht’s other patents. This litigation is ongoing. The patent to be auctioned on July 23rd relates to a different web-based technology: internet searching and personalized recommendations. US Patent 6,611,881 “Method and System of Providing Credit Card User with Barcode Purchase Data and Recommendation Automatically on their Personal Computer,” assigned to Personal Data Network Corporation, provides a system ... (more)

Photos: Compete Ranks Top 50 Web Sites for June 2009

BOSTON, July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Compete, a TNS Media company, today released a snapshot from the Compete 250 - its monthly ranking of the top 250 trafficked Web sites. In June 2009, new product launches, including Apple's iPhone and Microsoft's Bing search engine, triggered traffic surges for three top-50 sites - Apple.com, ATT.com and Bing.com. In addition, entertainment sites TMZ.com and eonline.com saw spikes as the news of Michael Jackson's death rippled across the Web. Facebook quiz apps, including the 'How well do you know me' meme (from gummyquiz.com), rounded out the top month-over-month gains. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/compete/39270/ June is Big for Bing Traffic to Bing.com skyrocketed in June, with nearly 50 million unique visitors (UVs) flocking to the site in its first full month of activity. Impress... (more)

Exalead Positioned in Challengers Quadrant of Magic Quadrant for Information Access Technology

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/21/09 -- Exalead, a global leader of information access solutions and software for the enterprise and on the web, today announced that it has been recognized as challenger in the Magic Quadrant for Information Access Technology.* "We are proud to be positioned in the challengers quadrant. In my opinion, this position demonstrates the significant customer adoption of our products in the past year and our ability to manage search installations with extremely large scale," said Paul Doscher, US CEO of Exalead. "Our strategy is to provide strong service to our customers while introducing new technology innovation to solve broader information challenges. As we look into 2010 and beyond, we expect that providing strategic solutions via direct sales and our partner ecosystem as a key driver for the growth of our business." Among ot... (more)

AFSCME Still Optimistic on Settlement

Bing Needs to Release Information, Figures DETROIT, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cathy Phillips, Chief Negotiator for Michigan Council 25 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO, in contract talks with the City of Detroit, issued the following statement: "It is apparent that Detroit Mayor Dave Bing does not understand the collective bargaining process," stated Phillips. "He came to our meeting today with demands, but without providing the information to allow us to evaluate his demands. "He has refused to provide the cost of his proposals, or other information to justify his demands," continued Phillips. "He demands a 10 percent cut, but he has no numbers or information to explain the source of his 10 percent figure. He demands other cuts, but he is unwilling or unable to quantify the cost of these items,... (more)

Adobe Debuts Photoshop.com Mobile for Android

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today introduced the Photoshop.com Mobile for Android™ software, extending Adobe® industry-leading digital imaging technology to users of the Google Mobile™ operating system. The release comes less than a month after the launch of Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone, which quickly established itself as one of the “Top Free” applications on the Apple mobile platform. The Android application equips consumers with quick and easy image-editing tools, color adjustments and instant photo-sharing capabilities. Photoshop.com Mobile optimizes the camera-phone experience by allowing users to browse for their photos online and on their phone, directly from the application. The application is free and available today at the Android Market. “Adobe is excited to extend its digital imaging capabilities to Android phone users so they can take c... (more)